Hugo Pratt
AKA:
The Picasso of Comics
Birth Name:
Ugo Eugenio Prat
Birth Date:
June 15, 1927
Birth Place:
Rimini, Italy
Death Date:
August 20, 1995
Place of Death:
Grandvaux, Switzerland
Age:
68
Cause of Death:
Bowel cancer
Cemetery Name:
Cimetière de Grandvaux
Claim to Fame:
Artists
Hugo Pratt is considered one of the greatest graphic novelists in the world. His strips, graphic works, and watercolors have been exhibited in major museums such as the Grand Palais and Pinacothèque in Paris, the Vittoriano in Rome, and Ca ‘Pesaro in Venice. Pratt was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as Corto Maltese. From 1970 to 1984 Pratt lived in France where Corto Maltese was immensely popular where his comic book was published by the local publisher, Pif Gadget, and later translated in fifteen different languages. From 1984 to 1995 Pratt lived in Switzerland where the international success that Corto Maltese continued to grow. In France, most of his pre-Corto Maltese works were published in several album editions by publishers such as Casterman, Dargaud, and Humanoides Associés. Often referred to as "The Picasso of Comics" Pratt was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2005.
Cemetery Information:
Final Resting Place:
Cimetière de Grandvaux
Route de la Petite Corniche
Grandvaux, Bourg-en-Lavaux, District de Lavaux-Oron, Vaud, 1091
Switzerland
Europe
Grave Location:
Hugo Platt PlotGrave Location Description
As you enter the cemetery from the small gate off Route de la Petite Corniche, go through the gates and up the second set of stairs and continue walking up the path with the cemetery on your right. Look to the right for the Philippe Cossy monument and turn right at the hedge just after Mr. Cossy. Walk 15 graves into the section on the right along the hedge for the final resting place of Hugo Platt.
Grave Location GPS
46.49549192798598, 6.713954317609558Visiting The Grave:
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FAQ's
Hugo Pratt was born on June 15, 1927.
Hugo Pratt was born in Rimini, Italy.
Hugo Pratt died on August 20, 1995.
Hugo Pratt died in Grandvaux, Switzerland.
Hugo Pratt was 68.
The cause of death was Bowel cancer.
Hugo Pratt's grave is in Cimetière de Grandvaux
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Videos Featuring Hugo Pratt:
Hugo Pratt (subtitles)
Venezia, retracing the steps of Corto Maltese
Hugo Pratt Interview (no subtitles)
Hugo Pratt Drawing Corto Maltese
Hugo Pratt exhibition opens in Lyon
Hugo Pratt - Trio Esquina
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